Legendary Hero is an Academy Honors Student - Chapter 133

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133.

For a moment, Elena showed a dazed expression.

Seeing Elena like that, Leo smiled.

“I’m joking.”

‘Are you teasing me?’

Looking at the audacious 1st year who casually teased her, the one called the queen of the academy, Elena let out a chuckle.

“Then you’re joining the party?”

“No. I’ve already decided where to do my mission practice.”

“Did you perhaps receive an invitation from another conquest party?”

“It’s nothing like that.”

“Then why won’t you participate in a conquest party? It would benefit you.”

“Why would joining a conquest party benefit me?”

Seeing Leo ask back with a puzzled expression, Elena was genuinely flustered.

She thought it was an offer a 1st year could never refuse.

And for good reason – it was practically declaring she’d spoon-feed him the conquest rewards of a Hero Dungeon.

‘But why is he refusing? Could he not know the value of Heroes’ World?’

That couldn’t be.

Leo was an excellent student, good enough to be a grade representative.

Such a student couldn’t possibly not know the meaning and value of conquering Heroes’ World.

‘Or is it simply because of pride?’

But from Elena’s perspective, Leo didn’t seem like the type to put forward such emotions.

“If you have nothing more to say, I’ll be going now.”

Leo bowed his head and left.

Watching his retreating figure, Elena narrowed her eyes.

“Hmm.”

Elena twirled the ends of her hair with her fingers as if displeased.

The Blue Moon Party members’ eyes widened as they looked back and forth between Leo and Elena.

To dare refuse an invitation from Elena, who was called the queen of Lumern!

Other students also looked at Leo with disbelieving faces.

Angry voices burst out from among the Blue Moon Party members.

“That arrogant bastard! How dare he refuse Elena’s invitation?”

“Does being grade representative make him think he’s above everyone?”

“Elena-senpai! Shall I teach him a sharp lesson?”

Thinking this was their chance, the Blue Moon Party members spoke up competitively.

It was because of their expectation that if they impressed Elena now, they might be able to join this conquest.

Elena, who had been twirling her hair, looked at them and smiled coldly.

“Who told you to speak to me so carelessly?”

At those words, the Blue Moon Party members flinched.

The Blue Moon Party even had 4th years who were higher grade than Elena.

Yet they couldn’t say anything.

After smiling once at them, Elena left the 1st Year Dormitory with the click-clack sound of her heels.

‘How humiliating.’

She had been rejected for party membership in front of many people.

By tomorrow, it would be splashed across the academy newspaper in huge headlines.

Of course, Elena wouldn’t care in the slightest even if that happened.

She wasn’t the type to listen to the chatter of worthless humans.

‘My ability doesn’t work on him at all.’

Elena’s pink eyes gleamed with a bewitching light.

She was someone born with a charm that naturally drew people to her.

That didn’t simply mean her innate background, talent, and appearance.

She was born with a demonic charm like a curse that would thoroughly drive herself and those around her to misfortune.

But that curse combined with her overwhelming heroic talent became her powerful weapon.

She could make ordinary people submit with just her gaze.

Even those with strong minds felt strong attraction to her.

People who knew of this ability either feared or antagonized her.

But Elena’s demonic charm didn’t work on Leo at all.

“Orbey.”

“Yes, Miss.”

“Please find out which region Leo Flobe is going to for his mission practice.”

Elena’s attendant, Orbey, hesitated upon hearing this.

“Finding out a student’s personal information would be against academy rules.”

“You know I’m not someone who cares about such things, right?”

Elena said while gently twirling the ends of her hair.

“Understood.”

Orbey bowed his head and disappeared back into the darkness.

Walking alone through the academy at night, Elena muttered.

“Leo Flobe…”

Elena curled up the corners of her mouth.

“Interesting.”

***

The next morning.

The rumor that Leo had refused Elena’s party invitation spread throughout the entire academy.

“Bwahahahahaha!”

4th year representative Hark burst into laughter while reading the newspaper with his eyepatch raised.

2nd year representative Lil was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper when she dropped her fork and gaped.

“Don’t you think our academy newspaper club writes articles too sensationally?”

As Chelsea muttered while looking at the academy newspaper distributed to each class every morning, Cal shrugged.

“What can you do? The newspaper club has to make a living too.”

The newspaper’s headline read [The Queen’s Humiliation] in huge letters.

“But the newspaper club is brave, I’ll give them that.”

“They sometimes do crazy things.”

Cal chuckled and asked Leo.

“How does it feel to have humiliated Her Majesty?”

“Not particularly anything.”

“But after being so publicly embarrassed, won’t she try to retaliate or something?”

“That won’t happen.”

‘She’s not the type to damage her reputation with retaliation. She wouldn’t care what others say anyway.’

The problem was Elena’s followers.

‘The queen’s followers are very jealous.’

He recalled what Lil had told him before.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter if those types act up anyway. Though it would be a bit annoying.’

The riffraff were outside Leo’s interest anyway.

‘Though I do need Elena’s permission to enter the Forbidden Library.’

He was told that to investigate Hero Records, he needed permission from Elena, the chairman’s proxy.

Previously, she wouldn’t even listen to his request, but now for some reason she said she’d consider his favor.

‘Though that doesn’t mean I can definitely enter the Forbidden Library.’

She could refuse after hearing the details.

‘Besides, I refuse to have my academy life tied down just to enter the Forbidden Library.’

Elena was a strong candidate for the next student council president.

Joining the dungeon conqueror party where she served as leader would definitely bring troublesome complications.

‘I’m already busy as it is.’

While entering the Forbidden Library to learn why the Hero Records were divided was important, the current priority was finding the traitor within Lumern.

‘I can slowly discuss the Forbidden Library later.’

Creak-

The classroom door opened and Hallind entered.

As the students hurriedly took their seats, Hallind stood at the podium and spoke.

“Did everyone check the mission practice requests from yesterday?”

“Yes!”

“Then write and submit a simple mission plan explaining why you chose yesterday’s request.”

“Understood!”

Class 5 quickly wrote their mission plans.

Afterward, Hallind carefully checked whether the requests the students chose were too excessive.

And whether they had sufficient ability to carry them out.

In the process, he paused when he saw Leo’s mission plan.

Usually, first-year students going on their first mission practice choose requests that match their abilities well.

Occasionally some choose requests too difficult to handle due to excessive enthusiasm, but there are almost no cases of choosing requests with difficulty far below their abilities.

Cases of choosing easy requests compared to one’s skills occur among upperclassmen who have sufficient mission practice scores but still have mandatory request quotas remaining.

“Are you certain about the bandit subjugation mission in the Garan region? Leo Flobe.”

“Yes.”

“Hmm. You perplex me in many ways.”

Hallind stroked his chin.

While professors should guide students trying to take excessive requests beyond their abilities, he was unsure what to do in cases like this.

‘Well, he must have his reasons.’

He thought Leo must have a plan.

Having such thoughts, Hallind let out a hollow laugh.

‘To think I’d come to trust a mere first-year this much.’

Shaking his head, Hallind stamped the mission practice plan.

After the brief interview ended, Hallind spoke.

“Mission practice begins in two days. Prepare well, everyone.”

“Yes!”

***

Whooooooo-!

Cold wind whipped around.

A land of cold winter all year round.

A place where beautiful elf students study to become heroes. Seirun.

“Achoo!”

Walking through Seirun’s corridor, the red-haired girl Runia sneezed.

“Sniff-!”

Seeing Runia rubbing her nose and making nasal sounds, Eiran spoke with a worried expression.

“Miss Runia. Are you alright?”

“Yeah. Sniffle-!”

Living in cold regions, elves are strong against winter.

Especially Runia, the heir of the Runda Family who uses the power of Phoenix, had to be even stronger against cold.

But being strong against cold and constitutionally disliking cold were different matters.

Runia particularly hated the cold.

“By the way, Professor Herdium said Leo could come as an exchange student, but I wonder what happened?”

When Eiran asked with a slightly excited voice, Runia shook her head.

“It won’t work. I heard they proposed sending him here for almost half a semester, but there’s no way Lumern would send a student like Leo for that long.”

The name Leo Flobe was already famous enough that no one in Seirun didn’t know it.

‘That guy. He’s gotten way ahead. And Leo isn’t the only one among Lumern’s first-years either.’

Thinking of Lumern’s first-years she’d have to compete with throughout school life, Runia curled up the corners of her mouth.

Runia had a personality that burned brighter the more worthy an opponent was to defeat.

‘This should be interesting.’

As she smiled belligerently with sparkling eyes.

“That’s not an expression befitting a class representative.”

A stern voice was heard.

Runia spotted the male student who appeared before her and made an annoyed expression.

Eiran hurriedly bowed her head.

“Senior Hadin, hello.”

“Hmph. Eiran. I hear you’ve come to your senses lately.”

Hadin looked at Eiran with a cold smile while adjusting his glasses.

“You know well that you’ve tarnished Seirun’s name as class representative, right?”

At Hadin’s words, Eiran shrank back.

“I hope you won’t do anything more that damages the school’s dignity as class representative.”

Eiran couldn’t give any response to those words.

Runia glared at Hadin with a sullen expression.

“And Runia. How many times have I told you not to make such expressions?”

“What’s wrong with my expression?”

“You look like a street thug.”

While pointing this out, Hadin glanced at Runia’s outfit.

With several uniform shirt buttons undone and her shirt pulled outside her skirt, Runia was dressed very casually.

“And you’re wearing such delinquent clothing again.

Hadin Dertian.

Seirun’s third-year valedictorian.

In other words, he was the male student who was the third-year class representative.

Having strong pride as a Seirun student, he was a senior who constantly criticized Runia.

“How many times have I told you that as class representative, your conduct should be proper?”

“Yes~ yes~ I understand.”

Runia answered sarcastically while buttoning her shirt and wearing her uniform properly.

“Is this good enough?”

“Hmph.”

Hadin adjusted his glasses and snorted.

“But what brings you to the first-year classroom?”

“You and I are going on a mission together this time.”

“….”

Runia made a tired expression.

“You don’t need to be that happy about it.”

“Does this look happy to you?”

“I’ll take this opportunity to teach you conduct befitting a class representative as your senior.”

‘Ugh, how annoying. Should I just punch him?’

Runia gritted her teeth inwardly.

“So? Where do we go for mission practice?”

“A region called Garan at the southwestern edge of the continent.”

“Garan?”

‘At least it’ll be warm there.’

“Isn’t that human and Surin territory? Why are we going there?”

Eiran asked with a puzzled face.

“The vice principal said there might be an ‘undiscovered Hero Dungeon’ there. Anyway, Runia. Departure is in two days. Prepare thoroughly.”

Leaving those words, Hadin departed.

Then he suddenly spoke.

“Eiran. Keep doing things properly like you have been.”

“Yes.”

“Hmph.”

He snorted coldly at Eiran’s response and walked away.

Runia, who had been watching his retreating figure and pondering for a moment, began gathering snow.

Not forgetting to put a small pebble inside the snowball, Runia began carefully making the snowball.

And then she tried to throw it straight at Hadin’s head.

Eiran clung to Runia’s arm in horror.

“R-Runia! If you do that, you’ll get into a fight with the senior!”

“It’s fine. That obnoxious bastard won’t get hurt from something like this.”

“I said no!”

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